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Apologies for being laggy as always... Well balancing the many things I've got to do is becoming sort of a challenge... In between school work, YE stuff, personal stuff, and dates with Vanessa I haven't gotten down to writing a good post, and I apologize to those who are regular readers! In the duration of the long time I've not posted, classes have started full force, and my schedule, though not perfect, has Monday as a free day, which Vanessa too has free. In a way it truly is the providence of God for classes that don't occupy a good monday. But besides that, I've got Tuesdays and Thursdays mega long, but Wednesdays spanning 2 hrs (with a 1hr random evening lesson) and Fridays spanning 4 hours, which is not too bad! This semester bidding has been extremely expensive and not very successful, but all the same I thank God for teaching me to be flexible and to learn to adapt to change! On the YE front, now that I have the luxury of hindsight, that once again I...

The title may seem like a horribly misspelled spin on the word that is used to refer to a person who damages public property, but trust me, its not! :) It's the name of the set of monsters who are the antagonists for the newest anime I'm watching, my first of 2013: Beet the Vandel Buster! Well, the storyline is set in an era where humans are undergoing all sorts of oppression under humanoid monsters called Vandels, and because of that Busters emerge to defeat these beings. The main character, Beet, is a strange boy who has amazing stamina, able to run for 3 days straight, but a strange weakness - he falls asleep for 1 whole day after the 3 days, and cannot be woken. When he was young, his accidental intervention in a fight between an extremely strong Vandel and 5 Busters caused him to be injured almost fatally, and the Busters, to save his life, sacrificed their weapons, embedding them in Beet's body to save him. And so this is a story about Beet and his journeys to end...

Been running around a whole lot since camp ended, and right after camp there was this whole list of activities that I ended. It's been tiring, but very very fulfilling, because in small ways I feel like I'm making a difference in the lives of the youth, and after hearing what Andrew had to say about ways a leader can love his/her youth, I've come to see that every little bit of my presence does help in shaping the culture of YE and mindset of the youth. Here's a list of things I did: 1. Bake for Christmas (Christmas Eve) 2. Play for Christmas, YE Bowling after 3. Went for Sentosa outing the thursday after Christmas 4. Year End Party on that Saturday 5. Met J2s and 2 other cells on Sunday 6. Stayover at church So since this whole slew of activities I haven't got a chance to sit down properly before God and hear his voice for YE. As such still got some pretty big stuff to do: 1. Plan Leader's Syllabus - Got the 1st session down but gotta think of the r...